I have used this a lot in the past for most of my Drupal projects – To theme a page in Drupal (v. 6) according to its content-type (ie page-news.tpl.php) . . . you will need this piece of code in template.php – it also makes a lot of other suggestions including getting the page […]
Jun
11
2010
11
2010
Dynamic Font Replacement on the Web
I’m currently reading about the Web Typography chapter in the Smashing Book and discovered a new font replacement technique . . . I’ve used most of them in one project or another but haven’t heard of Cufon. Cufon behaves similar to sIFR but instead of using Flash to generate the fonts, it uses a font […]
Jun
4
2010
4
2010
The Ketchup Conundrum
As a guy who loves ketchup, this article I read recently through the book – What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell is a good read . . . It was first published in the New Yorker on Sept. 2004 – so it is a bit late that I just read about it now . […]
Apr
27
2010
27
2010
jcarousel external linking
I have recently been working a lot with jquery and one of the plug-ins I’ve incorporated is jcarousel. It’s a good plugin for a simple gallery of pictures or static content. Unfortunately, there are a couple of flaws with external controls or linking to a specific frame. The website does have an example of a […]
Apr
19
2010
19
2010
11th year anniversary . . .
Yesterday was our 11th yr. anniversary. I unfortunately cannot afford to give my wife any material presents because we are both saving up for the upcoming addition to our family. However, unlike in years past – I didn’t forget to greet her this year . . . I posted a song I’m dedicating to her […]
Apr
19
2010
19
2010
Facebook User Name and Facebook ID
Currently, I have been incorporating twitter and facebook follow links on my websites more and more – it all seems like a “fad” to me — much like the animated gifs, marquee ticker, apple aqua buttons and the flash splash pages that came before. However, unlike the ones that came before which were merely “aesthetics” […]
Mar
29
2010
29
2010
For my boy, Bryce . . .
. . . he would have been 3 today, I miss his smile . . . I miss his face . . [audio:always.mp3]
Feb
1
2010
1
2010
The Smashing Book
Got my Smashing Book in the mail today, am surprised it’s heavy, considering it’s such a small book (paperback) – all the pages are in full color. I ordered this one probably 2 weeks ago and am actually looking forward to reading it. It was probably a year or so ago when I stumbled upon […]
Jan
28
2010
28
2010
Vancouver Olympics Main Media Centre
During the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver – the press and media will be based in either one of two buildings – Canada Place will be home to over 2500 journalists and is called the MPC (Main Press Centre) and right beside it, the IBC (International Broadcast Centre) where over 7000 video/radio broadcasters will be […]
Jan
25
2010
25
2010
Testing In Internet Explorer
I guess I speak for all designers when I say that Internet Explorer is the worst browser to design for. Each version has it’s own quirks and hacks. Even when you write standards-based code, it will always render differently in Internet Explorer (esp. earlier versions). I’ve completely given up on IE v. 5 and just […]
